//
// System.ServiceModel.MessageFilter.cs
//
// Author: Duncan Mak (duncan@novell.com)
//
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using System.Runtime.Serialization;
using System.ServiceModel.Dispatcher;
using System.ServiceModel;
using System.ServiceModel.Channels;

namespace System.ServiceModel.Dispatcher
{
	[DataContract]
	[KnownType (typeof (MatchNoneMessageFilter))]
	[KnownType (typeof (ActionMessageFilter))]
	[KnownType (typeof (MatchAllMessageFilter))]
	[KnownType (typeof (XPathMessageFilter))]
	public abstract class MessageFilter
	{
		protected MessageFilter () {}

		protected internal virtual IMessageFilterTable<FilterData> CreateFilterTable<FilterData> ()
		{
			return new MessageFilterTable<FilterData> ();
		}

		public abstract bool Match (Message message);
		public abstract bool Match (MessageBuffer buffer);
	}
}